Verizon collects 3 major IM services with new offering.(Business)

RCR Wireless News, December, 2003

Verizon Wireless announced a major step in the wireless instant messaging industry with its new application that will combine MSN Messenger, AOL IM and Yahoo! Messenger.

Verizon said the Yahoo! Messenger service will be available early next year.

Verizon said the service will initially work on its LG Electronics VX6000 camera phone through a BREW downloadable application. The application itself will be free, but users will be charged 10 cents to send a message and 2 cents to receive a message. To use the service, users must first sign up for an MSN, AOL or Yahoo! instant messaging account from a desktop computer. The move comes shortly after Qualcomm Inc. signed a deal with AOL for its BREW platform.

Although Verizon claimed a first...

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